how can I recover contact list after hard drive crash?

[cj]

backed up hard drive using Aloha Bob program but contact list is gone.

 

[Brian Tillman]

backed up hard drive using Aloha Bob program but contact list is gone.

The "contact list", as you call it, is not in a separate file. It's in the
same file as all your other Outlook data like Calendar, Inbox, Tasks, and so
on. See this for default file locations:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm